Concerning seed selection, a blend, all cool season in this case, will
usually be a better choice. I believe the Southern Gold has a few varieties
of turf type fescue. If you stick to one, such as Falcon, you may be more
susceptable to a certain pest. About 20 years ago when Rebel, the first of
the continuing saga, came out, I seeded a new lawn using only Rebel which
the client requested and a lawn directly across the street with a blend of
turf type fescues and 2 types of bluegrass. During the following summer
brown patch decimated the Rebel lawn but barely touched the neighbors blend.

--
Baine

"Robert" wrote in message
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This site may answer most of your questions:

http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/

It looks like they just redid the site.

FWIW, I'm spring seeding parts of my lawn because I don't want to look at
mud all summer. The people at Southern States recommended seeding with
Falcon III. I've also used Southern Gold in the past and had good results.

Robert


"Koen" wrote in message
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In article ,
wrote:

Define sprinkled regularly please. If you watered every day but
shallowly then you may have contributed to disease or you may have
just
not had enought water there and the roots never went deep. In clay
you
need to get an inch or so per week, but it has to be done slowly since
it penetrates clay so slowly.


Well, we had quite some rain last season, so only if it was dry for a
week or so we would sprinkle. I didn't keep a diary, though

Would it be useful to use an aerator (sp?) to improve the soil and water
penetration?

- Koen.